Abstract

У статті досліджуються особливості взаємодії активістів жіночого руху та британських політичних сил у контексті
боротьби за надання жінкам виборчих прав. Акцентується
увага
на
ключових
позиціях
у
відображенні
засобами
масової
інформації політичного нерівноправ’я жінки та діяльності
суфражистського
руху
у Великій
Британії. (In the modern world, on the wave of revision of traditional
stereotypes through the prism of gender analysis, the views about
the place of women in society are undergoing significant changes.
In this context, the history of the struggle for women’s suffrage
appears in the new light, and therefore requires a deeper analysis.
British suffrage movement is a unique phenomenon in British
history. Due to the increased activity of the suffrage campaigners
in
the
first
decades
of
the
XX
century,
they
could
not
stay
out
of
view
of
society.
First
of
all,
they
had
attracted
attention
of
the
mass
media.
The
peculiarities
of
interaction
between
activists
of
the
women’s
movement and British political power in the context of the
struggle for women’s suffrage have been studied. Attention is
accented on the key positions of reflection by mass media of the
women’s political inequality and the suffrage movement activity in
Great Britain. The investigation is based on the analysis of British
periodicals.
The author concludes that in addition to coverage of the major
events in the House of Commons, public suffrage meetings and
results of polling on the suffrage question, the struggle for women’s
right
to
vote
is
reflected
in
the
cartoons.
Their
content
was
depended
on
the
positions
of
editorial
boards,
their
authors
and
state
policy.
Often
in
these
cartoons
women
were
laughed
at
and their claims were pointed as «absurdity». Particular criticism has
undergone the militant wing of the suffrage movement.
The reasons of the failures that have befallen the suffrage bills
in 1905–1913 include:1) inconsistent views of political parties and
individual MPs on the terms of women’s enfranchisement; 2) there
were other urgent problems to resolve (for example, Home Rule
for Ireland); 3) fears that women, due to their numerical superiority
in
the
population,
will
have
a
greater
impact
on
the
formation
of
the
British
Parliament
than
men
have
had,
and
will
be
able
to
become
MPs;
3)
opposition
of
the
Prime
Minister
Herbert
Asquith
to
the
claims
of
the
suffrage
campaigners;
4)
opposition
of
the
part
of
British society (both men and women) to proposed
changes.)

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Національний університет "Острозька академія" (The National University of Ostroh Aсademy)